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U.S.S. JOHN W. THOMASON (DD-760) The first destroyer of the Pacific Fleet to undergo the Navy's Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization Program. Provided with a helicopter deck, the THOMASON is equipped to handle small Anti-Submarine Warfare Helicopters. Originally built as a general purpose destroyer of the Sumner class by Bethlehem Steel, San Francisco, Calif. Commissioned October 11, 1945.
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U.S.S. JOHN W. THOMASON (DD-760)
U.S.S. JOHN W. THOMASON (DD-760) The first destroyer of the Pacific Fleet to undergo the Navy's Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization Program. Provided with a helicopter deck, the THOMASON is equipped to handle small Anti-Submarine Warfare Helicopters. Originally built as a general purpose destroyer of the Sumner class by Bethlehem Steel, San Francisco, Calif. Commissioned October 11, 1945.
Manufactured by: Dexter Press, Inc., West Nyack, N. Y. (American, 1934–1980)
American
Medium/Technique
Chromolithograph on card stock.
Dimensions
Horizontal: 8.9 x 14 cm (3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Leonard A. Lauder Postcard Archive—Gift of Leonard A. Lauder
Accession Number2015.10314
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPostcards
DescriptionBack: divided. Mint.
39437-B Pub. by Marine Photos & Publishing Co., San Diego, Calif.
MADE BY DEXTER - WEST NYACK, NEW YORK
39437-B Pub. by Marine Photos & Publishing Co., San Diego, Calif.
MADE BY DEXTER - WEST NYACK, NEW YORK
ProvenanceBetween 1950 and 2015, acquired by Leonard A. Lauder, New York, from various postcard dealers in Europe and the United States; 2015, gift of Leonard A. Lauder to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 24, 2015)